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Ouida. Under Two Flags
Under Two Flags
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
“BEAUTY OF THE BRIGADES.”
CHAPTER II
THE LOOSE BOX, AND THE TABAGIE
CHAPTER III
THE SOLDIERS' BLUE RIBBON
CHAPTER IV
LOVE A LA MODE
CHAPTER V
UNDER THE KEEPER'S TREE
CHAPTER VI
THE END OF A RINGING RUN
CHAPTER VII
AFTER A RICHMOND DINNER
CHAPTER VIII
A STAG HUNT AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE
CHAPTER IX
THE PAINTED BIT
CHAPTER X
“PETITE REINE.”
CHAPTER XI
FOR A WOMAN'S SAKE
CHAPTER XII
THE KING'S LAST SERVICE
CHAPTER XIII
IN THE CAFE OF THE CHASSEURS
CHAPTER XIV
“DE PROFUNDIS” BEFORE “PLUNGING.”
CHAPTER XV
“L'AMIE DU DRAPEAU.”
CHAPTER XVI
CIGARETTE EN BACCHANTE
CHAPTER XVII
UNDER THE HOUSES OF HAIR
CHAPTER XVIII
CIGARETTE EN BIENFAITRICE
CHAPTER XIX
THE IVORY SQUADRONS
CHAPTER XX
CIGARETTE EN CONSEIL ET CACHETTE
CHAPTER XXI
CIGARETTE EN CONDOTTIERA
CHAPTER XXII
THE MISTRESS OF THE WHITE KING
CHAPTER XXIII
THE LITTLE LEOPARD OF FRANCE
CHAPTER XXIV
“MILADY AUX BEAUX YEUX BLEUS.”
CHAPTER XXV
“LE BON ZIG.”
CHAPTER XXVI
ZARAILA
CHAPTER XXVII
THE LOVE OF THE AMAZON
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE LEATHERN ZACKRIST
CHAPTER XXIX
BY THE BIVOUAC FIRE
CHAPTER XXX
SEUL AU MONDE
CHAPTER XXXI
“JE VOUS ACHETE VOTRE VIE.”
CHAPTER XXXII
“VENETIA.”
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE GIFT OF THE CROSS
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE DESERT HAWK AND THE PARADISE-BIRD
CHAPTER XXXV
ORDEAL BY FIRE
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE VENGEANCE OF THE LITTLE ONE
CHAPTER XXXVII
IN THE MIDST OF HER ARMY
CHAPTER THE LAST
AT REST
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“Did I! men came to me; wanted me to join the Eight; coxswain came, awful strict little fellow, docked his men of all their fun—took plenty himself though! Coxswain said I must begin to train, do as all his crew did. I threw up my sleeve and showed him my arm;” and the Seraph stretched out an arm magnificent enough for a statue of Milo. “I said, 'there, sir, I'll help you thrash Cambridge, if you like, but train I won't for you or for all the University. I've been Captain of the Eton Eight; but I didn't keep my crew on tea and toast. I fattened 'em regularly three times a week on venison and champagne at Christopher's. Very happy to feed yours, too, if you like; game comes down to me every Friday from the Duke's moors; they look uncommonly as if they wanted it!' You should have seen his face!—fatten the Eight! He didn't let me do that, of course; but he was very glad of my oar in his rowlocks, and I helped him beat Cambridge without training an hour myself, except so far as rowing hard went.”
And the Marquis of Rockingham, made thirsty by the recollection, dipped his fair mustaches into a foaming seltzer.
